GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ossify | to change into bone |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| constitution | the basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| nib | bill |